Optical reader
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optical-reader-305-12836507
title:
Optical reader
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An optical reader is a device that observes visual information and translates it into digital information, as found within most image and barcode and matrix-code scanners. An example of optical readers are marksense systems for elections where voters mark their choice by filling a rectangle, circle, or oval, or by completing an arrow. After the voting a tabulating device reads the votes using "dark mark logic", whereby the computer selects the darkest mark within a given set as the intended choi
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Device that turns visual into digital data
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_reader
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2024-02-10T11:18:10Z
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